The Xbox 360 is the second video game console developed by and produced for Microsoft, and is the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles.

As of December 2012, over 75 million Xbox 360 consoles have been shipped worldwide, and over 700 million units of software have been sold.

When the Xbox 360 was released, Microsoft's online gaming service Xbox Live was shut down for 24 hours and underwent a major upgrade, adding a basic non-subscription service called Xbox Live Silver (later renamed Xbox Live Free) to its already established premium subscription-based service (which was renamed Gold).

Over the course of its life, Xbox 360 has been subject to a number of technical problems and failures that can render it unusable. However, dince the release of the Xbox 360 S failure rates have notably declined.